Roker, Roker Park Road

HER Number:
12438

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Roker, Roker Park Road

Place:
Roker

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Multiple Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
Terrace

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19-C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Some of the properties were built by the the mid 1890s. The street was finished by 1905. Rough reddish-brown brick. These grand properties display carved timber details and are more substantial than later terraces. Each terrace is slightly different from the next in terms of the elegant stone detailing around the doors and windows. One particularly fine Edwardian terrace has fine terracotta work around the entrances.

Easting:
4039

Northing:
5915

Grid Reference:
NZ40395915

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
City of Sunderland, April 1997, Conservation Areas in the City of Sunderland; Sunderland City Council, February 2007, Roker Park Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy; City of Sunderland, 1998, Roker: A walk through the Conservation Area; T. Corfe, 1973, A History of Sunderland; T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914; S. Reeder, 1992, Whitburn and Roker in old picture postcards